Woman arrested in fatal shooting of Border Patrol agent in Vermont
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A woman has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of US Border Patrol agent earlier this week on a highway in Vermont, the FBI office in Albany said Friday.
A woman has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of US Border Patrol agent earlier this week on a highway in Vermont close to the US-Canadian border, the FBI office in Albany said Friday. Teresa Youngblut, a 21-year-old Washington state resident, was charged with assault on a federal law enforcement officer, the FBI said. It is unclear whether Youngblut has retained legal representation. US Border Patrol Agent David Maland, 44, was shot Monday afternoon during a traffic stop on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, and later died of his injuries, the Vermont State Police and the FBI said. Coventry is about 13 miles south of the Canadian border. Maland was assigned to CBP’s Swanton Sector, which covers parts of Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire, a US Customs and Border Protection spokesperson previously told CNN. The incident unfolded when Maland and several border patrol agents stopped Youngblut, who was driving a blue 2015 Toyota Prius with North Carolina plates, for an immigration inspection, according to court documents. The vehicle was registered to passenger Felix Bauckholt, a German national who officials said appeared to have an expired US visa. Bauckholt’s last name was misspelled in the charging documents. The traffic stop escalated into a shooting after Youngblut allegedly fired a handgun on at least one of the agents, according to the court documents. Maland and Bauckholt were killed as a result of the shooting, while Youngblut was injured and taken to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire for treatment.
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